How to get traffic from Twitter
Twitter is a free micro-blogging / social networking service that allows users to post "updates" or "tweets" (text-based messages up to 140 characters long) on their Twitter profile.
Tweets can be posted directly on a user's profile, sent from third party applications like Twitterific or Twhirl, sent via SMS or IM, or posted via RSS. Once posted on a profile, tweets are sent to all users who have agreed to receive them. Users can receive tweets via their Twitter profile, SMS, email, IM, RSS or a third party application.
Tweets can be posted directly on a user's profile, sent from third party applications like Twitterific or Twhirl, sent via SMS or IM, or posted via RSS. Once posted on a profile, tweets are sent to all users who have agreed to receive them. Users can receive tweets via their Twitter profile, SMS, email, IM, RSS or a third party application.
Twitter members are able to express their individualism by customizing their Twitter templates, displaying a twitter personal image and twitter profile message.
Twitter's social aspect is highlighted by an ability to add friends and have other Twitter members add you as a friend. The more friends (followers) you have, the more exposure your tweets receive. Twitter members can send direct messages to each other and engage in conversation that way, too.
Conversational Nature Of Twitter
What you have to realize is that Twitter is highly conversational. One of the reasons tweets were limited to 140 characters from the start was that Twitter was and is meant to be an outlet for users' thoughts and conversations rather then a platform for headline publishing.
How To Drive Traffic To Your Blog Via Twitter
The secret of driving traffic to your blog via Twitter is to be interesting and allow your tweets to show a spontaneity made only possible through conversational-like messages. Most larger organizations have missed this point.
Most news organizations use Twitter accounts to just display their most recent headlines. The New York times and CNN's twitter follower-count ranges around the 4000 mark while individuals like Kevin Rose (45,000+) and Leo Laporte (44,000+) are miles ahead. You can see a list of top Twitter users at
Twitterholic.
If you participate in twitter conversations, ask questions, provide answers, tweet your thoughts and invite feedback, you have a great chance of gaining a followship and driving steady, targeted
traffic to your blog.
Twitter traffic can be amazingly viral. Consider this scenario.
You make an interesting or controversial tweet about some topic on your Twitter profile displaying a link back to your blog. Your followers instantly get the tweet shown in their profile and tweet about reading your tweet. Your followers have followers of their own and if your original post was interesting enough, news spreads virally across the “Twittersphere” and beyond.
How To Gain Twitter Followers
If you are just starting out with Twitter your aim should be to gain Twitter followers and subsequently expose your tweets and your blog to as many people as possible. When Twitter was initially launched, a lot of people used a somewhat shady technique which still works to an extent – they Mass Added
hundreds of Twitter users as friends – a percentage of which added them back – resulting in sudden follower count growth and exposure of their Twitter profile.
Even though such a technique may work in the short term, today, by attempting something similar, you run the risk of being branded a spammer and being weeded out from Twitter user's profiles via tools such as Twitter Black List and Twerpscan.
So, how do you build your Twitter follower list legitimately?
Here are some guidelines you can follow:
Twitter's social aspect is highlighted by an ability to add friends and have other Twitter members add you as a friend. The more friends (followers) you have, the more exposure your tweets receive. Twitter members can send direct messages to each other and engage in conversation that way, too.
Conversational Nature Of Twitter
What you have to realize is that Twitter is highly conversational. One of the reasons tweets were limited to 140 characters from the start was that Twitter was and is meant to be an outlet for users' thoughts and conversations rather then a platform for headline publishing.
How To Drive Traffic To Your Blog Via Twitter
The secret of driving traffic to your blog via Twitter is to be interesting and allow your tweets to show a spontaneity made only possible through conversational-like messages. Most larger organizations have missed this point.
Most news organizations use Twitter accounts to just display their most recent headlines. The New York times and CNN's twitter follower-count ranges around the 4000 mark while individuals like Kevin Rose (45,000+) and Leo Laporte (44,000+) are miles ahead. You can see a list of top Twitter users at
Twitterholic.
If you participate in twitter conversations, ask questions, provide answers, tweet your thoughts and invite feedback, you have a great chance of gaining a followship and driving steady, targeted
traffic to your blog.
Twitter traffic can be amazingly viral. Consider this scenario.
You make an interesting or controversial tweet about some topic on your Twitter profile displaying a link back to your blog. Your followers instantly get the tweet shown in their profile and tweet about reading your tweet. Your followers have followers of their own and if your original post was interesting enough, news spreads virally across the “Twittersphere” and beyond.
How To Gain Twitter Followers
If you are just starting out with Twitter your aim should be to gain Twitter followers and subsequently expose your tweets and your blog to as many people as possible. When Twitter was initially launched, a lot of people used a somewhat shady technique which still works to an extent – they Mass Added
hundreds of Twitter users as friends – a percentage of which added them back – resulting in sudden follower count growth and exposure of their Twitter profile.
Even though such a technique may work in the short term, today, by attempting something similar, you run the risk of being branded a spammer and being weeded out from Twitter user's profiles via tools such as Twitter Black List and Twerpscan.
So, how do you build your Twitter follower list legitimately?
Here are some guidelines you can follow:
● Utilize your existing online presence. You can get a head start in increasing your Twitter follower count by making use of your existing online presence. Promote your Twitter profile via your existing blog (you can use this cool, free WordPress twitter plugin that let's you show your blog readers what you are doing on Twitter). Encourage your non Twitter social networking friends to follow you on Twitter. Keep your Twitter profile link in your email and forum signature. (If you want to post your blog feed to your Twitter profile, you can use Twitterfeed).
● Engage other Twitter users. Browse through Twitter profiles and find current Tweets in your
niche that you find interesting. Engage Twitter members in a conversation and provide helpful information. Follow your favourite bloggers on Twitter and be the first to answer any questions they
ask. Being helpful can go a long way towards making friends.
● Engage your followers and be conversational with your tweets. You can involve your Twitter followers by asking questions, answering questions and being conversational in general. A common
tweeting practice many bloggers engage in is discussing their blog posts as they write them, asking followers' opinions along the way.
niche that you find interesting. Engage Twitter members in a conversation and provide helpful information. Follow your favourite bloggers on Twitter and be the first to answer any questions they
ask. Being helpful can go a long way towards making friends.
● Engage your followers and be conversational with your tweets. You can involve your Twitter followers by asking questions, answering questions and being conversational in general. A common
tweeting practice many bloggers engage in is discussing their blog posts as they write them, asking followers' opinions along the way.
● Make your tweets valuable. Discussing things from your day to day life is great fun, but try to
keep it under control. The key to growing your Twitter follower base is providing tweets of value. People will follow you if they can see value in your tweets.
Using Twitter As A Source Of Information And News
Twitter can be an excellent source of information and news. If you follow the top guys/gals in your niche via Twitter, you may catch them discussing latest insider info from your niche before it hits the public domain. Many people have also ditched feed readers as they can simply follow their favourite blogs' /news sites' twitter profiles for latest posts.
If you run out of topics to blog about, or you simply want to stay ahead and keep track of hot topics, you can check out Twitturly – a really cool site that lists the hottest and most tweeted Twitter
topics as they appear.
Other tools which highlight the instantaneous / powerful nature of Twitter have been built and more are probably to follow.
TwitterMap and TwitterVision are quite impressive – careful, they can be addictive :).
keep it under control. The key to growing your Twitter follower base is providing tweets of value. People will follow you if they can see value in your tweets.
Using Twitter As A Source Of Information And News
Twitter can be an excellent source of information and news. If you follow the top guys/gals in your niche via Twitter, you may catch them discussing latest insider info from your niche before it hits the public domain. Many people have also ditched feed readers as they can simply follow their favourite blogs' /news sites' twitter profiles for latest posts.
If you run out of topics to blog about, or you simply want to stay ahead and keep track of hot topics, you can check out Twitturly – a really cool site that lists the hottest and most tweeted Twitter
topics as they appear.
Other tools which highlight the instantaneous / powerful nature of Twitter have been built and more are probably to follow.
TwitterMap and TwitterVision are quite impressive – careful, they can be addictive :).
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